Barnes v. Westfield Group

CONCURRING OPINION BY

LAZARUS, J.

I fully join in the majority’s decision to reverse the trial court’s order granting Appellee summary judgment and to remand this case on the basis that a reasonable person could conclude that Appellant was vehicle-oriented when he was struck and injured by an unidentified driver. I write separately, however, to express my disapproval of the trial judge’s failure to disclose his wife’s employment with the defense law firm prior to the decision on the motion for summary judgment. Not only did the trial judge err on the law as applied to the facts of this case,…